Consistent with the bottle 2 years ago. Still no bricking. Loads of fruity, some chocolate at the finish. This wine compares favorably with it's namesake wine. This is my last bottle. I think it has another 5+ years left. What a week constructed wine.
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So much fun to read 2008 notes and see what this wine has become. Med dark garnet color. Very little brick. Deep, pure fruit with dark cherry notes. Good earth and spice. Wonderful wine with more years ahead. My one and only bottle
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Cherry red, with not a tinge of brown. A fresh, fruity and floral nose. This wine was a revelation. Found in the back of the cellar, it showed better than either of the 2 prior bottles that were drunk when they "should" have been. The wine had enough backbone and structure to hold brilliant complexity with bright red fruits yielding to elegant blackberries and currants. Finally a medium finish with tones of earth and leather. Wow. A wine never intended to age this long has aged magnificently.
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Very nice bottle -- loads of fruit, developed well over several hours, could still age, but not a lot longer -- little tannin or acid, but nice complexity.
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3/2/2023 - Quarked wrote:
Forgot to take tasting note, but cork was 75% soaked through.
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10/25/2020 - PDavisMarble wrote: 93 Points
Consistent with the bottle 2 years ago. Still no bricking. Loads of fruity, some chocolate at the finish. This wine compares favorably with it's namesake wine. This is my last bottle. I think it has another 5+ years left. What a week constructed wine.
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9/20/2018 - AB16 Likes this wine: 94 Points
So much fun to read 2008 notes and see what this wine has become. Med dark garnet color. Very little brick. Deep, pure fruit with dark cherry notes. Good earth and spice. Wonderful wine with more years ahead. My one and only bottle
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1/1/2018 - PDavisMarble wrote: 94 Points
Cherry red, with not a tinge of brown. A fresh, fruity and floral nose. This wine was a revelation. Found in the back of the cellar, it showed better than either of the 2 prior bottles that were drunk when they "should" have been. The wine had enough backbone and structure to hold brilliant complexity with bright red fruits yielding to elegant blackberries and currants. Finally a medium finish with tones of earth and leather. Wow. A wine never intended to age this long has aged magnificently.
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4/20/2008 - PDavisMarble wrote: 88 Points
Very nice bottle -- loads of fruit, developed well over several hours, could still age, but not a lot longer -- little tannin or acid, but nice complexity.
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